Wildlands & Somkhanda Game Reserve - Rhino collaring and dehorning

During our visit to Somkhanda Game Reserve we witnessed a rhino conservation exercise conducted by Wildlands and Wildlife Act. It took a large team of dedicated individuals to treat, dehorn and tag this 2 ton bull rhino. The team included a highly skilled vet, Dr Mike Toft, a devoted and skilled anti-poaching team trained by Wildlife Act, fantastic helicopter pilot, scientists and many more others. It's a daily battle to keep these rhinos safe from the syndicates of criminals who are after them. Collaring, tagging and dehorning are all part of the arsenal of tools and techniques the people on the front line are using to fight this war. This rhino had already need shot by poachers and was dehorned 2.5 years ago. The team removed the new growth that the poachers were after.